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About me

I'm a product and operations leader with 13 years experience tackling tough problems across multiple industries.

Tough problems require research, creativity, and expert communication. I synthesize those to help teams create elegant, cutting-edge solutions.

I've built products and teams at music-tech, ad-tech, and fin-tech companies, and have mentored startups and individuals in organizational process, digital marketing strategy, and product management.

Current endeavors include growing the GDP of the internet and re-learning the world through the eyes of two wild toddlers.

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Data Nerd

Inspired by analytics to speculate, architect, execute, and iterate on drivers of growth.

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Technical Expert

Adept at identifying the right solutions to connect the dots between business and technology.

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Team Player

Driven to work within dynamic teams and to learn from diverse points of view.

Experience

Product Manager, Stripe

October 2024 ─ Present

Removing barriers to Enterprise innovation.

Technical Account Manager, Stripe

June 2021 ─ October 2024

Growing the GDP of the internet.

Technology Advisor, Cocoon

February 2020 ─ June 2021

Advised on digital strategy, technical development partners, and product/operations/marketing software solutions.

Co-Founder, Grey Matter

May 2019 ─ May 2021

Built and launched the Grey Matter social music platform through leadership of product, operations, legal, accounting, and email marketing. Captained team of 6 advisors, 4 developers, and 3 product/marketing associates. Product live in app stores as of October 2020 after 6-month closed beta and presentation at Sonar+D’s 2019 Startup Hub.

VP, Product / Associate, Advertising & Analytics, Steward

June 2019  ─ June 2020

Led product management of the gosteward.com site and account dashboard. Organized executives and teams around shared goals through efficient use of cross-functional project tracking software. Migrated operations of digital ads/analytics stack (Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Google Analytics) from agency to in-house.

VP, Platforms, 33Across

February 2017 ─ April 2019

Led the build, launch, and operation of the 33Across viewable exchange platform ─ AttentionX ─ driving growth to 35% of company revenue in one year. Architected and oversaw development of the infrastructure necessary to operate a standalone ad exchange ─ demand integration strategy, ad quality and traffic quality tools, user interface, analytics solution, auction logic, and access to supply via multiple integration methods. Managed the project priorities, goals, and workflows of two Scrum teams consisting of 14 engineers.

Director, Platform Operations, 33Across

April 2015 ─ February 2017

Took the reins of the platform operations arm of 33Across during a company-wide pivot from ad network to programmatic platform. Architected the automation of pricing throughout the supply chain, resulting in gross margin increase from 20% to 30% and reduction of 8 hours per day of operational time. Hired and mentored 10-member operations team. Oversaw the onboarding, troubleshooting, and performance tracking of over 4,000 publisher properties. Administered all data visualization for the organization. Won one annual team Hackathon.

Senior Campaign Analyst / Campaign Analyst / Operations Analyst, 33Across

May 2012 ─ April 2015

Ran a portfolio of managed service campaigns that totaled over $1.3M in revenue per month. Won two annual team Hackathons; one project went from idea to production in less than 3 months, increasing overall programmatic revenue by 24% upon full launch.

Projects I've worked on
A logo for greymatter.fmA logo for spinthecocoon.comA logo for gosteward.comA logo for 33across.com
Skills
English

Language

Russian

Language

HTML/CSS

Language

SQL

Data

Splunk

Data

Stripe

Financial Infrastruture

Webflow

Design

Figma

Design

Google Analytics

Analytics

Tableau

Analytics

JIRA

Product Management

Agile Methodology

Product Management

ClickUp

Product Management

Canny

User Feedback

Salesforce

CRM

Sendinblue

CRM

Firebase

App Distribution

App Store/Play

App Distribution

OpenRTB

Advertising Framework

DFP/AdX

Advertising Technology

AppNexus

Advertising Technology

MOAT/DV

Advertising Technology

AWS (Certified)

Cloud Computing

Google Cloud

Cloud Computing

Certificates & awards

Fundamentals Certification

2023
Stripe (ID: 85017420)

Certified Cloud Practitioner

2019
AWS (ID: BPB25F3CL1E41PCF)

Most Innovative Employee

2018
33Across

Annual Hackathon Winner

2012, 2014, 2016
33Across
Hobbies

Sometimes you'll find me away from my inbox!

I love travel and tattoos, but neither of those happen super frequently. Here's what I'm usually doing in my spare time...

houseplant

Gardening

soccer ball

Watching the footy (COYG)

pan

Cooking up something special

dj

Making people dance

books

Sci-fi & history

lightbulb

Automating whatever I can

Reference

"People are at the heart of everything we do, from our teams to our clients and their customers finally"

~Jhon Doe, CEO Twitter
Reference

"Life is about making an impact not an income, remember this thing to your future generations in your family"

~Dan Smith, CFO Snapchat